Literacy as Conversation: Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities
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In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia and rural and semi-rural towns of Arkansas. They define literacy not as a basic skill but as a rich, broadly interactive human behavior: the ability to engage in a conversation carried on, framed by, or enriched through written symbols. Eli Goldblatt takes us to after-school literacy programs, community arts centers, and urban farms in the city of Philadelphia, while David Jolliffe explores learning in a Latinx youth theater troupe, a performance based on the words of men on death row, and long-term cooperation with a rural health care provider in Arkansas. As different as urban and rural settings can be--and as beset as they both are with the challenges of historical racism and economic discrimination--the authors see much to encourage both geographical communities to fight for positive change.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822966980
ISBN13:9780822966982
Release Date:May 2022
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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